Write a short story about your typical day. The following questions can help you.

1. Do you get up early?

2. Is it easy for you to get up early?

3. Do you wake up yourself or does your alarm clock wake you up?

4. What do you prefer: a hot or a cold shower in the morning?

5. What do you usually have for breakfast?

6. When do you usually leave your house?

7. How long does it take you to get to your Institute (Academy, University)?

8. Do you go there by bus or walk?

9. How many lectures do you usually have every day?

10. Where do you usually have lunch (dinner)?

11. What time do you come home?

12. How long does it take you to do your homework?

13. How do you usually spend your evenings?

14. Do you have much free time on weekdays?

15. What time do you usually go to bed?

 

4. Study the ways the English people write letters. Here is a letter of a son to his parents:

Dear Father and Mother,

You asked me to write and tell you what happens at school. We get up early, and have breakfast. Then we do physical training, and after that we start our lessons. We have a break in the middle of the morning and then we work till dinner-time. We have lessons in the afternoon, and after tea we do various things such as gardening or games. I play football and I like it very much. In the evening we do our preparation in the classroom.

I like school very much.

Love from Martin

Note; Martin is away from home. He studies and lives at school. Such schools are called boarding-schools.

5. Write a letter to one of your friends (or parents). Read and learn the proverb.

After dinner sit a while, after supper walk a mile. — После обеда посиди минутку, после ужина пройдись с милю.

 

6. Answer the question: Если бы вы учились в этом Политехническом институте, какой бы курс вы избрали? Одобряете ли вы выбор Аллана?

PCL - the Polytechnic of Central London - has a strong record in the field of communication and media studies. PCL has a media studies course with a third of the time on print, radio and television journalism and broadcasting production specializing in the last two years. The Academic study of human communication -linguistics, psychology, sociology and cultural studies, and topics like thought processes, how people behave in group and communities, the structure and function of language processing.

Easy Reading В I

In British Press you can find a lot of information about the Royal Family. Here are some facts. Which of them are interesting or strange?

The Prince of Wales, eldest son of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh was born at Buckingham Palace on 14 November 1948 and was given the names of Charles Philip Arthur George.

He's got the rank of Commander in the Royal Navy and the rank of Wing Commander in the Royal Air Force.

He is also Chancellor of the University of Wales and President of the International Council of United World Colleges.

The Prince of Wales's interests are: conservation, farming, problems of young people, music, complementary medicine, education, disability, history, industry and management, archeology, flying, polo and fishing.

The Princess of Wales, the former Lady Diana Spencer, was born on 1 July, 1961, the daughter of the then Lord and Lady Althorp now the Earl Spencer and the Hon Mrs. Shand-Kydd.

The Princess has two elder sisters, and a younger brother.

She was married to the Prince of Wales on 29 July 1981. Her son, Prince William of Wales, was born on 21 June 1982.

The Princess is the first Englishwoman to marry an heir to the throne for over 300 years.

Her interests are: Wales, the disabled, children (their problems and development), ballet and music. The Princess is Patron or President of many organizations among which are the Welsh National Opera, the Royal School for the Blind, the London City Ballet and National Children's Orchestra.

Everybody

This story is about four men named Everybody, Somebody, Anybody and Nobody. There was an important job to be done and everybody was asked to do it. Everybody was sure that Somebody would do it. Anybody could have done it, but Nobody did it. Somebody got angry about that, because it was Everybody's job. Everybody thought that Anybody could do it, and Nobody realized that Everybody wouldn't do it. It ended up that Everybody blamed Somebody when actually Nobody blamed Anybody.

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OXFORD

Oxford is a celebrated city of science. It is situated 54 miles north-west of London. The name of Oxford means the part of the River Thames where the oxen crossed it. To walk through Oxford is to walk through the history. Scarcely anywhere else in England is so much history, and such a wealth of fine architecture to be found in a small area which is called a “golden heart”.

It is believed that between 1164 and 1169 when Henry ii forbade English clerk to go to the University of Paris the scholars had to find somewhere else to continue their studies. Their choice fell on Oxford the first group of scholars at Oxford may have been joined by others from Paris as well as from other parts of Britain. Many visitors to Oxford want to be shown the University. There is no “university” as such. The component parts of the University of Oxford are the colleges. Each college is practically autonomous, with its own set of rules of government. There is a central administration that organizes lectures, arranges examinations, gives degrees, etc. Each college has its own character and individuality.

The most remarkable of the various college buildings is Christ Church. Its Tom Tower is one of the glories of Oxford. It houses the great bell which tolls 101 times each evening in memory of the original number of scholars. The bell is known as “Great Tom”.

Oxford is noted for the Sheldonian Theatre.opened in 1669. The Sheldonian Theatre is a large semicircular chamber seating 4000 persons.

Oxford is also an important industrial centre. There are some industries there such as printing, manufacturing of motor vehicles.

The students wear black gowns and queer-looking caps. They have to wear that dress when they are taking an examination.

The Tutorial System is one of the ways in which Oxford and Cambridge differ from all the other English universities. Every student has a tutor. He plans your work, suggests the books you should read. Each week you go to him perhaps with 2 or 3 other students and he discusses with you the work that you have done and sets you the next week’s work.

You can meet a proctor in a cap and gown. The proctor’s job is to keep discipline, to see that the student aren’t out after midnight, aren’t driving a ca without having first received permission from the proctor. The Proctor can punish students. They can be fined a sum of money or for a very serious offence, they can be expelled. A proctor is usually followed by “bull-dogs”. Their job is to catch the student if he tries to run away before his name can be taken.

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CAMBRIDGE

Cambridge must be one of the best-known towns in the world, and can be found most tourists’ lists of places to visit. The principal reason for its fame is its University, which started during the 13^th century and grew steadily, until today there are more than 20 colleges.

Most of them allow visitors to enter the grounds and countryards. The most popular place from which to view them is from the Backs, where the college grounds go down to the River Cam.

The oldest college is Peterhouse, which was founded in 1284, and the most recent is Robinson College, which was opened in 1977. The most famous is probably King’s, because of its magnificent chapel. Its choir of boys and undergraduates is also very well known.

The University was exclusively for men until 1871 when the first women’s college was opened. Another was opened two years later and a third in 1954. In the 1970s, most colleges opened their doors to both men and women. Almost all colleges are now mixed, but it will be many years before there are equal numbers of both sexes.

The Cambridge Folk Festival. Every year, in summer, thousands of folk music fans arrive in Cambridge for one of the biggest festivals of folk music in England. The festival is held in the grounds of an old house, where there is plenty of room for people to put up their tents if they want to stay overnight.

The Cambridge Folk Festival is very well organized, and there are never any of the serious problems which can be caused by large crowds.

However, some people who live nearby are not very happy about the festival. They say that there is too much noise, that too much rubbish is left on the ground, and that many of the fans take drugs.

On the other hand, local shop-keepers look forward to the festival. For them, it means a big increase in the number of customers.